Drag Storytimes and Bibliographic Invisibility
Drag storytimes are one type of programming that public libraries offer to address the marginalization of LGBTQIA+ children and families in library spaces. The books read during these storytimes often feature LGBTQIA+ characters and themes. In this work in progress, we will compare the subject metadata assigned within the Library of Congress Catalog and the social cataloging platform LibraryThing to a corpus of picture books read during drag storytimes. We will consider the limitations of using traditional subject headings in capturing the diversity of LGBTQIA+ themes and if the application of user-generated tags offers a more nuanced reflection of content.
Authors
- Sarah Barriage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5046-9227)
- Beth Strickland Bloch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3813-0014)
- Vanessa Kitzie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6499-9584)
Institutions
- University of Kentucky (US)
- University of South Carolina (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l ACSI
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.29173/cais1994
- Primary Topic
- Race, History, and American Society
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00